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I can be wrong but I doubt that Germany has anything similar because one way to avoid the tax in France was to buy from Germany. The French tax is pretty high.
by user5994461 7y ago
I can be wrong but I doubt that Germany has anything similar because one way to avoid the tax in France was to buy from Germany.
The French tax is pretty high. It could be something like 50€ out of a 150€ hard drive.
- anoncake 7y agoIt's a lot lower in Germany but in principle it does exist.
- pixelpoet 7y agoI'm German and only just heard about this now. I wonder where the money goes, both in theory and practice...
- anoncake 7y agoGEMA
- kaybe 7y agohttps://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauschalabgabe https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauschalabgabe You're paying 10€ per laptop and 3€ per mobile phone. The money is distributed to several organizations (GEMA, VG Wort, VG Bild-Kunst,..). The right to private copying is derived from that. Apparently they're working on an update though, we should keep an eye on it.
- zaarn 7y agoIt goes to GEMA. If you're not signed up for GEMA you don't see a cent, otherwise you get a fraction of a fraction of the money.